Navigating Through Kofun Imagery An Analysis of the Boat Depictions Found in Decorated Tombs in Northern Kyūshū An Analysis of the Boat Depictions Found in Decorated Tombs in Northern Kyūshū
The sōshoku kofun 装飾古墳 (decorated tombs) is a phenomenon of protohistoric art that developed during the Late Kofun Period (475‑710 CE) from Northern Kyūshū. This paper will discuss the data personally gathered from the iconographic and iconological analysis of the subject of the boat in seventeen sō...
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| Published in | Annali di Ca' Foscari : Rivista della Facoltà di lingue e letterature straniere dell'Università di Venezia no. 1 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English Italian |
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29.08.2023
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISSN | 2385-3042 1125-3789 2385-3042 |
| DOI | 10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2023/01/020 |
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| Summary: | The
sōshoku kofun
装飾古墳 (decorated tombs) is a phenomenon of protohistoric art that developed during the Late Kofun Period (475‑710 CE) from Northern Kyūshū. This paper will discuss the data personally gathered from the iconographic and iconological analysis of the subject of the boat in seventeen
sōshoku kofun
in Northern Kyūshū, i.e. the present‑day prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki. The aim of this research is to understand how the subject of the boat developed artistically in this particular phenomenon of protohistoric art, why the boat was reproduced in a funerary context, and what information on the behind culture can be obtained by analysing the style, the iconography, and the links the subject of the boat has with both local and mainland symbolism. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-3042 1125-3789 2385-3042 |
| DOI: | 10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2023/01/020 |